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He speaks quietly to the Orc (who shall remain nameless until he can share his own name with the audience), who growls something in reply. Virro speaks once more, and the Orc growls again. Virro says something more insistently, and the Orc shakes his head firmly. The Elf sighs, and backs out of the line of sight of the door, the Orc positioning himself in front of him, readying himself to defend Virro from any danger.

"I shall try to act more quickly next time, Uriel," he says to the green Shardmind. "I am afraid circumstances conspired to prevent my actions from taking place when they should have. I have taken steps to rectify this." He then turns to search the arms racks, hoping this short interlude will give him time to find a weapon, again, preferably a bow, but anything would do at the moment.

(("Excited to be in such a large combat you yell something back down the hall before continuing to fight." makes me think Keegra wouldn't notice he's been pacified, especially since Virro pacified him earlier but he kept fighting.))

((Because by that definition, the fight has ended.))

I'd prefer payment with some pure metals, gems or minerals, I'm working on a new earth focus, and prime materials like this would be useful, without speaking about potions, other items... Besides, providing energy just like this isn't practical.

Now, my, rather limited I admit, experience was mostly about keeping the special stuff in weird places, but I guess i could work about that.

But of course, I cannot do anything without more specific informations. Informations I'd like to hear about before promising anything on that front.

If it can't do any good in the fight, it can at least deprive the (possible) future bodyguard of their weapon. While so doing, it crawls into a position far enough from the fight to heal the party members afterward, framing its neck to see the room beyond and report the number of orcs to Virro.

(Retconned)

The pain of the sword cuts on her arms seemed to clear Keegra's head and she realized what the orc was shouting. "Orc have more in other room! Stand down!"

((Edited after a bit of discussion with Storme.))

He would much prefer if he got a bonus in the check do to him also being a shardmind, but he doubts that would be the case. He lets someone else pick up the sword.

"Virro, be quicker to notify us when you do that."

((Whilst the combat will appear to go sequentially dependent on the characters position in the order of things, so long as Orc 1 has health we will assume for this (and all) combats that they are actually happening simultaneously))

Virro: (10 - 4Cir = 6) Approaching the Orc, you use your skill with words to try and enthrall him onto your side (20). You succeed in making him believe that, not only is your side in the right but that he is actually your personally bodyguard. Unfortunately your fellow adventurers ignore your pleas for them to calm down and not fight the Orc and so you watch as all your work may be for nothing. Gained (if he survives this round) Orc Bodyguard.

((P.S you can try and enthrall anybody who isn't a PC))

Evard: (6 + 3Cir = 9) You are able to successfully flank the Orc and make use of your natural instinct to backstab any enemy you see. You do so well at the charge you are able to put some of your momentum into hitting the Orc harder than normal (+1 Damage this Round)

Combat!: (Evard vs Orc 1. Evard gets 10 (2 + 3Cir + 5Dam) vs Orc 1 gets 12 (4 + 6 + 3Arm - 1Cir) Nothing happens. Evard's second attack: Evard gets 19 (12+ 3Cir + 4Dam) vs Orc 1 gets 12 (4 + 6 + 3Arm - 1Cir) Orc loses 7 Health) Despite your best efforts as you rush to the Orc's left flank whilst trying to get into the best backstabbing position, you don't aim your blows as perfectly as you might otherwise do. Whilst the Orc's armour seems to take your first blow, your second pierces the armour and strikes the Orc in its side. As a result you hear the Orc let out a loud cry of pain. That must have hurt.

Uriel: (7) You succeed in stepping up to the Orc and get ready to protect your fellow Shardmind from its attacks. Deciding to forgo your mace this time, you use the abilities you gained when you trained as a Brawler to your advantage.

Combat!: (Uriel vs Orc 1. Uriel gets 13 (11 + 2Cir) vs Orc 1 gets 11 (3 + 6 + 3Arm - 1Cir) Orc 1 loses 2 Health. Uriel's second attack: Uriel gets 6 (4 + 2Cir) vs Orc 1 gets 11 (3 + 6 + 3Arm - 1Cir) Nothing Happens) Charging in with the others, you get a good couple of hits off against the Orc, surprising it. Whilst this does manage to get its attention off of Xiv'riit it now turns it attention to you.

Keegra: (8 - 1Inj = 7) You succeed in getting up and charging into the fray, noticing others charging in alongside you makes you angry. You are the Vanguard, you should charge in alone, this anger helps focus you and clear the headache bought on by your concussion.

Kombat!: (Keegra vs Orc 1. Keegra gets 11 (9 + 3Dam - 1Inj) vs Orc 1 gets 25 (16 + 6 + 3Arm), Keegra loses 4 Health. Keegra's second attack: Keegra gets 19 (17 + 3Dam - 1Inj) vs Orc 1 gets 25 (16 + 6 + 3Arm), Nothing Happens. Keegra's third attack: Keegra gets 21 (19 + 3Dam - 1Inj) vs Orc 1 gets 25 (16 + 6 + 3Arm), Nothing Happens.) Your first punchlands badly the Orc moves slightly and so instead of his gut, your strike hits longsword, cutting your arm slightly. The sight of your own blood makes you forget tactics and go for 2 wild blows, neither of which seem to faze the Orc.

Xiv'riit: (3) as badly wounded as you are, there is no way you can do anything but back up and take a breather, angry at the Orc and whichever divine force put you in its path in the first place.

Kali: (11) Your mantra as you look through the weapon racks seems to be twisted by magic itself as you feel drawn towards one particular sling. Holding it you recognise it as the Deer Shot, a weapon created by a particularly sadistic Halfling Ranger. Every so often instead of the pebble that you load the sling up with, the sling will fire a full size, live, Deer at the target at the same speed the stone would have come out of. Happy with your acquisition you prepare to help your allies in the battle. Gained Deer Shot(+3Dam, Deer Fling)

Yeleni: Surprised at the sudden combat you stand around, unable to move or do anything to help your team mates.

Orc 1: (6) Excited to be in such a large combat you yell something back down the hall before continuing to fight.

Combat: (Orc 1 vs Uriel. Orc 1 gets 2 (2 + 1Dam - 1Cir) vs Uriel gets 14 (7 + 5 + 2Arm) Orc 1 loses 4 Health) In his (futile) attempt to get at the Shardmind he had attacked rather than the one who was now in his way, Orc 1 decide to put his head down and charge. That was his first mistake. Unlike the Shardmind he originally attack, this one was made of crystal and so a headfirst charge alongside a waving sword, doesn't work that well against it, in fact it is highly likely the Orc suffered some kind of damage at least to his skull (good thing he is from now on enthralled to follow someone else's orders, huh?). In the midst of this the Orc also manage to drop his sword on the floor. Leaving it for anyone to pick up.

Characters:

Virro: Weapons - , Armour - , Other - (+1 Cir when guarding a door or doorway), Orc Bodyguard (You control what your Orc Bodyguard does each round), Health 26/26

Evard: Weapons - Dagger(+2), Dagger(+1), Armour - Studded Leather Armour(+4, Invisibility), Other - Invisibility (Can turn invisible for one round (counts as a passive action), Cannot be noticed or attacked by enemies whilst invisible, +1 Circumstance when attacking whilst invisible. Invisibility can be activated once every 4 Rounds (Rounds Remaining 4)). Health 23/23

Uriel: Weapons - Mace(+1), Armour - , Other - Tea, Health 29/29

Keegra: Weapons - , Armour - , Other - Concussion (-1 Injury, 1 round remaining), Health 18/22

Xiv'riit: Weapons – Spork(+3), Armour - , Other - , Health 10/28

Kali: Weapons - Deer Shot(+3, Deer Fling), Armour - Leather Armour(+1), Other - Deer Fling (Once per room, you may fling a Deer instead of a stone at an enemy. This does +1D8 damage, and the difference between the offence and defence scores (either way) is taken as damage by the Deer. If it survives this it stays around as a permanent companion following your orders), Health 12/12

Yeleni: Weapons - Quarterstaff(+2), Armour - , Other - , Health 26/26

Orc Bodyguard: Weapons - , Armour - Studded Leather Armour(+3), Other- , Health 13/26

On Floor: Longsword (+1)

On Missions

Nume: Knowing I will probably regret saying this out loud... just a simple, straightforward crossover. No Sues, no squick, no teaming up with anybody else for any reason. I mean, I work in the Department of Implausible Crossovers. Is it too much to ask to just get a frelling crossover for once?

Ilraen: I concur. I would add, however—knowing that I, too, will probably regret saying this out loud—that I would very much like to visit my homeworld someday. On the other hand, I am happy if no one is writing bad crossovers about it. ∗knocks on wood∗

Derik: Anything that isn't hand-chosen to drive me insane. I mean it. I don't know how or why, but I know a pattern when I see one, and this is happening on purpose, with malice aforethought. ∗scowl∗

Gall: One word: superheroes. We had our heroes of legend, too, but man, you people do it with style!

On Dragons

Derik: ∗stares∗ ... That's like asking what is my favorite aspect of mountains, or thunderstorms. They just... are. Reducing them to a single dry fact would take away the grandeur, the majesty of the whole. I don't want to talk about this anymore.

Gall: Oh man. Okay, for starters? Fire-breathing! I mean, come on, duh. Then there's the wicked sharp teeth and claws, and the flying at high speeds. Not that they all fly or breathe fire, but the ones that don't have other cool abilities, like—

Neshomeh: Hi. Um, sorry for butting in, but she's gonna go on like this at some length, and I don't really feel like typing it all out. Sorry. If you're curious, here's the HtTYD wiki!

P.S. Apparently asterisks render the text between in italics here, so I used HTML for these low asterisks. I figured if I had to encode them anyway, might as well do something a little different. The code is ∗.

After bloody Bronwyn*, I'd relish the chance to experience the music of your world unadulterated. It would be a fitting way to redeem this lute of hers, too.

*OOC: A Sue from a mission as yet unwritten, to this monster.

Can I pay you guys in energy at all? 'Cause that'd be easier, and I've got plenty of Galinergy to spare. I can do basic stuff, like pure metals, pretty easily, too, but more complicated stuff might take time. Also, either of you guys any good at snatching special stuff from weird places?

Tell me about it. I put down Intel and Crossovers as my preferences, and then I ended up in DMS because of a 'staffing shortage' even though I didn't know much about how to kill things.

If we did an HQ-wide Pokemon tournament, would you enter as yourself or let one of your partners control you? Would you enter the tournament at all? I'd enter the hypothetical tournament if I had more Pokemon who I thought could handle it than Meganium.

I wanted to go into Intelligence when I first arrived, but someone said since I showed up with no backstory and only an outline of a personality, I might accidentally go native if I investigated a pony fic or something. I dunno, maybe he just didn't like ponies very much.

As far as I can tell, they put me in Floaters because Chris had recently shown up as confused as I was and he needed somepony to balance out his serious nature. There's probably another reason, I just can't imagine what that reason might be. I hope that answered your question. n_n

If you could choose what type of mission you did next, what would you choose and why?

For RC 1110 specifically: What's your favorite aspect of or fact about dragons from your respective home verses?

Kali, practically (literally, to tell the truth) squeaking, hurriedly strapped on her leather armor and began frantically searching for a sling. "I'm coming!" she called, tossing unidentified weapons through the air as she dug through the armaments. "Oh dear oh dear oh dear oh dear oh dear--"

[Kali searches for a trusty Sling, for she is Sling-woman, slinger of slings!]

((-Alleb))

He waits to see if any others will come to help the Orc, ready to begin attempting to enthrall them the moment he sees them. ((That is how it works, right? I can enthrall people who want to attack my character?))

The tako hurriedly pulled on her new armour, hefted her daggers, and slipped around to try and flank the Orc. Thankfully, it was distracted trying to gut something that didn't have any guts, so it didn't immediately register Evard or her daggers until both were heading towards its back at pace. So incensed was she that she even tried to pummel the Orc with her remaining free tentacle. How dare it seek to attack Keegra when she was knocked prone? How DARE it?

[[ACTION: Evard moves around to flank the Orc from the left and tries to backstab it with her daggers.]]

Xiv'riit snarled, twisting the spork into the orc's windpipe, and pulling the orc tight against it to remove any advantage of the longsword. Xi was mindless of any pain it might later feel. It was angry, eyes glowing brighter with a kind of glee as it watched the orc suffer.

((It's fine, just so long as you don't do it again.

((As Ixi has pointed out to me, I shouldn't move your characters as much as did with Xiv'riit. I can either redo that part of the Round, keep Xiv'riit at the Souther doorway and having the Orc attack Keegra, or I keep it as it is. Either way I won't move the characters like that again. And I'm sorry for stepping too far. I will admit though, the Orc was the second luckiest person that round and I really didn't expect him to a) actually get to Xiv'riit, or b) Roll a natural 20 and do that much damage.))